My Little g is Growing

Happy Merry Christmas Eve Eve everyone! I hope your holiday season is a great one. Remembering the reason for the season always puts things in to perspective.
When our little girl was born we decided that we would use gdiapers. These are hybrid diapers which means you can use disposable liners that you just flush or throw away. They are biodegradable! You can also use cloth inserts that you can wash. We liked that flexablity so we stocked up. Our little one was born 9 lbs 8.8oz and quickly moved on to the medium. She grew right through those into the large. I sold off the mediums on the gdiaper list and she's been in the large size. Well as you may have guessed she's grown out of the large. Our little one is just a big baby. She's 17 months and a solid bundle of joy! Her growing left me looking to other options. The gdiapers snaps were leaving marks on her as she grew and we weren't having that! While researching diapers we bought an Australian hybrid diaper called Booroi. I liked that the snaps were on the outside and I liked the look of the gdiaper. So not finding something that I really liked, I decided to make my own diapers. I used the gdiaper styles of closure and the Booroi's deisign of using the PUL to cover the whole diaper instead of an insert. I don't have a pattern for download but here are a few photos. I tired to put a little trip on it. So far I've got 6 or so of these diapers. We are using the flip cloth inserts and we've had no leaks yet! I'm liking them! Have a look..

This is the pattern I used. I based it off the gdiaper
and made it larger of course.

Here are 3 of the diapers I've made.
I added a little trim on the edges to some.

Here is the inside of it. It's all PUL.
I used the thin elastic on the sides to gather it.

Here are the velcro closures on the sides. 

 Here is a close up of the trim.

This is the inside of the diaper.

So far so good with our homemade hybrid diapers!

Chop it, Store it, Save it.

Hello All,
I hope your holiday season is going well. I want to share some little tips in this blog. I found this idea on Great Day St. Louis. I forgot what day or I would have linked to it on their site. Any how to save space in your refrigerator or freezer you can store your ground meats flat. You take the meat out of the store packaging, place it in a ziplock bag and flatten it. I some times use a rolling pin to flatten or just the palm of my hand. Make sure to get the air out and seal it. Then it lays flat in your freezer or refrigerator. Another thing to do is make each bag of meat 1lb.

Another space and time saver is chopping up your veggies such as bell pepper, onions, etc and storing them in the freezer. I've learned that when my buying is larger than my use, I should chop and freeze. I missed my contacts while chopping onions! *tear drop* Doing this is easy, saves time, space and money. Just chop it, bag it, and freeze it. I use regular ziplock bags. This makes dinner time smooth with out having to chop veggies. If you buy the pre chopped it may cost more. This way you know the quality of food you have before you freeze it. Once frozen you can store them horizontally on the shelf or vertically on a door shelf.

There you have Happy Holidays!